“Dark Blue World,” the most recent movie by Jan (“Kolya”) Sverak, is a defiantly old-fashioned World War II romance. With deep sympathy and a little schmaltz, Sverak portrays the Czech contingent of ...

Drama. Starring Ondrej Vetchy and Tara Fitzgerald. Directed by Jan Sverak. (Rated R. In Czech and English, with English subtitles. 119 minutes.) The memorable stars of the World War II film "Dark Blue ...

DARK BLUE WORLD. With Ondrej Vetchy, Krystof Hadek, Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance. Directed by Jan Sverak. Running time: 114 mins. Rated R: Sexuality/nudity, war violence. In Czech and English, with ...

Paris-based arthouse company Le Pacte has snatched up French distribution and international sales rights to Jan Hrebejk’s high-concept psychological thriller “Innocence.” Pic, which toplines Ondrej ...

The Prague police are investigating threats to Czech actor Ondřej Vetchý over his support for the Skupina D campaign, which raises funds for drones for Ukraine. Source: Richard Hrdina, spokesman for ...

Three never-say-die Czech buddies eventually manage to steal a fortune, but have trouble spending it without attracting attention, in genial caper dramedy "Money Makes the Man." Fine acting by the ...

Illustrating that no state-sponsored persecution is so shameful that it can't serve as a springboard for an old-fashioned romantic triangle, Dark Blue World opens with a short explanation of the story ...

Sony Pictures Classics has landed North American, U.K. and Australian rights to Czech director Jan Sverak’s “Dark Blue World.” Sverak’s first feature since “Kolya,” which won the foreign film Oscar in ...

THE LOWDOWN: Two pilots escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, make their way to Britain and fall in love with the same Englishwoman. In Czech, with English subtitles. From the father-son team ...